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<blockquote data-quote="MarionGrassie" data-source="post: 1667945" data-attributes="member: 244381"><p>I also find myself upset by other people’s attitudes towards type 2, both towards the seriousness of it and the ‘blame’ factor. I’m type 2 and yes, overweight although I have lost 5 stone since diagnosis. I have a sister-in-law who was diagnosed late (in middle age) as type 1. Recently, at a family gathering, this sister-in-law was answering someone’s question about the difference between the two types. She described type 2 as “the one overweight people get”. Slightly put-out, I said “not really, a lot of thin people can get it too”. She dismissed this with “well it is mostly”. On another occasion, I was speaking to another sister-in-law (her sister) who was trying to tell me that type 2 wasn’t serious. When I said it could indeed become very serious if not managed, she dismissed it with “well it’s not like your pancreas has totally packed in, is it?”</p><p>On both these occasions, I was dumbfounded and felt unable to respond adequately but each time I was left feeling my illness was considered insignificant and somehow my own fault.</p><p>To make matters worse, my husband still sticks his head in the sand re my diabetes. He just considers me to be on an annoying ‘fad’ diet - the low-carb, real-food way of eating I’ve been sticking with for 3 years.</p><p>I wish I’d known better how to respond to them. I still feel angry about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarionGrassie, post: 1667945, member: 244381"] I also find myself upset by other people’s attitudes towards type 2, both towards the seriousness of it and the ‘blame’ factor. I’m type 2 and yes, overweight although I have lost 5 stone since diagnosis. I have a sister-in-law who was diagnosed late (in middle age) as type 1. Recently, at a family gathering, this sister-in-law was answering someone’s question about the difference between the two types. She described type 2 as “the one overweight people get”. Slightly put-out, I said “not really, a lot of thin people can get it too”. She dismissed this with “well it is mostly”. On another occasion, I was speaking to another sister-in-law (her sister) who was trying to tell me that type 2 wasn’t serious. When I said it could indeed become very serious if not managed, she dismissed it with “well it’s not like your pancreas has totally packed in, is it?” On both these occasions, I was dumbfounded and felt unable to respond adequately but each time I was left feeling my illness was considered insignificant and somehow my own fault. To make matters worse, my husband still sticks his head in the sand re my diabetes. He just considers me to be on an annoying ‘fad’ diet - the low-carb, real-food way of eating I’ve been sticking with for 3 years. I wish I’d known better how to respond to them. I still feel angry about it. [/QUOTE]
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